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Tutorials: Wednesday 3:10-4:00 or by appointment in room 102
Physics is the study of matter and energy, and how things interact. The physics course at St. Pius is a course which has been designed to follow the National Science Standards and uses the best available research based course material. Students learn by doing science rather than by memorizing facts about science. The result is that students gain much better understanding of the physical concepts that are being studied. Also students improve their ability to do critical thinking.
The Text is Minds•On Physics Volumes 1,2,3,4, Leonard et al, published by Kendall-Hunt. It contains a set of explorations that students do in class and finish at home. After some of these explorations students are required to read and take notes on portions of the reader at the back of the book. These are supplemented by Real Time Physics Labs. These are research based labs which have been found to be extremely good at promoting student understanding of physics concepts. Rather than being told what they are supposed to "see" students are asked what they observed, and required to draw conclusions based on their observations. Intensive questioning or Socratic dialog is used to help students understand their observations. Extensive physics education research has shown that these techniques are superior to conventional lecture techniques for all students. Normalized gain in understanding is generally around 10 to 20% in conventional physics courses, but is 30 to 70% when these techniques are used. For more information see the Evidence page.
Supplies - Click here for information on what supplies are needed.
Rules - Click here for information on class rules and what is expected of you.
Grading Rubrics - Click here for information on how grades are calculated.
Lesson Plan - Click here to see the schedule of lessons for physics.
Science Simulations - Click here to access varous simulations that can be helpful. The TST simulations can help you understand the concepts of position and velocity.